That Certain Summer
June 8th, 2013. Filed under: This & That.That Certain Summer
By Irene Hannon
New Contemporary Romance by Two-Time RITA Award-Winning Author
With her trademark compelling characters and heartwarming hope, celebrated author Irene Hannon offers her readers an inspiring true-to-life tale of complex family relationships, transgressions revealed and forgiven and the complicated process of finding love.
Karen and Val are family – yet they’re anything but close. Karen has carried the burden of responsibility for her aging mother ever since her sister left town years ago to pursue a career in theater. But Val had darker reasons for leaving town – and had a secret to keep – so coming home has never been an option . . . until their mother suffers a stroke.
Reunited in their hometown, Karen and Val must grapple with their past mistakes, their own relationship and their issues with a mother who is far from ideal. When a physical therapist raising his daughter alone and a handsome but hurting musician enter the picture, the summer takes on a whole new dimension. As their lives intersect and entwine, can each sister learn how to forgive, how to let go and how to move on? And strengthened by the healing power of faith, might they also find the courage to love?
ISLAND BREEZES
Two very different sisters, a divorce, a teenage girl, a working mom, low self esteem and a heartbreaking secret.
Then there’s the manipulative mother who plays one daughter against the other. When the mother has a stroke, both daughters have to be there to help with her care.
This book is about those sisters rediscovering each other and building a relationship.
Toss in a couple hunks, a disabled teen, an adorable five-year-old and you have a story that will both break your heart and warm it. Yes, you will need that box of tissues to get through this book.
***A special thank you to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy.***
Irene Hannon is the author of more than 35 novels, including the bestselling Heroes of Quantico and Guardians of Justice series. Her books have been honored with two coveted RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, a Carol Award, a HOLT Medallion, a Daphne du Maurier Award and two Reviewers’ Choice Awards from RT Book Reviews magazine. Booklist also included one of her novels in its “Top 10 Inspirational Fiction” list for 2011. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri.
For more information about her and her books, Irene invites you to visit her website at www.irenehannon.com.
Available June 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.